by Webmaster | Apr 22, 2016 | Mande Music, Uncategorized, West African music
Malian Songbird & Ngoni Artist Mande Strings, American History U.S. Tour: Kokanko Sata Doumbia will team with Assaba Dramé and Lamine Soumano to bring the strength of Mande stringed melody to American classrooms and concert halls. The Strings Showcase features...
by Julie Moore | Feb 17, 2016 | Culture, Jazz, Mande Music
When the peace of an entire nation is on the table, it seems almost trivial to speak of music. However music, in the Mande world1, has always served to reinforce the spiritual capital and unity of communities. In the 1700’s during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, music...
by Julie Moore | May 31, 2013 | Jazz, Mande Music, misconceptions, music theory, West African music
Westerners are coming to love West African music, but can we really understand it the way it’s meant to be understood? The Top 10 Ways Western Ideas Muddle Our Experience of West African Music: Here is our list of the top ten ways Western music theory has...
